Machine for rereeding warp threads



June 3, 1924. 1,496,350

J. FVMATTHEWS ET AL MACHINE FOR REREEDING WARP THREADS Original FiledApril 1, 1915 5 Sheets-$heet 1 iuifa 555A June 3 1924.

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J. F. MATTHEWS ET AL MACHINE FOR REREEDING WARP THREADS Original FiledApril 1, 1915 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 3 I S, I

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MATTHEWS ET A L MACHINE FOR REREEDING WARP THREADS Original Filed April1915 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 1 oqfjc ilveilifiij Emm Patented June 3, 1924.

JAMES FRANK MATTHEWS, OF FALL RIVER, AND EDGAR F. HATHAWAY, OF BOSTONASSIGNOBS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO BARBER-COLMAN MASSACHUSETTS,

PATENT OFFICE.

COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR REREEDING WARP ".LIiIR-IEADS Application filed April 1,1.915, Serial No. 18,596.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES FRANK MAT- rrrnws and EDGAR F. HATI-IAWAY,citizens of the United States, and residents of Fall River,Massachusetts, and Boston, Massachusetts, respectively, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Rereeding WarpThreads, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention provides means whereby the work of re-reeding a warp maybe accurately, quickly and cheaply done, and, so far as we are aware,provides automatic mechanism for that purpose that is broadly no el. Theprincipal part of the work of drawing-in is that of putting theindividual threads through the eyes of the several harnesses that may beemployed, and, in some instances, also through the apertures of thestop-motion drop-bars that may be emplo ed.

e-reeding, as it is called in the mills, provides a method whereby incase of damage to the reed orother cause making rereeding necessary, themain portion of the work already done, in drawing-in the warp, ispreserved. Generally, although not always, each dent of the reed (thedent being the space between the parallel metal members which are calledsplits) carries a plurality of threads; and in re-reeding, if theorganization of the warp in the old reed can be preserved, the pluralityof threads in each dent of the old reed may be transferred by a singleoperation to a corresponding dent of the new reed, and thus a relativelylarge number of threads may be quickly handled.

Broadly, our invention provides means whereby this may be automaticallydone, the threads being transferred accurately from the old reed to thenew reed, and preferably in such manner that the entire group of threadsin any given dent of the old reed is transferred, through a singleoperation,

said means also having the additional func'- tion of engaging the threador group of threads in each dentof the old reed and presenting saidthread, or group of threads,

at a single operation into the corresponding dent of the new reed.

One of the detail objects of our invention is to provide a form ofmachine for this described purpose which is portable and designed forbeing properly positioned upon the loom so that the work of re-reedingmay be performed upon the loom without removing the warp and the rest ofthe weaving equipment from the loom; but, of course the re-reedingoperation may be performed apart from the loom. Power for driving themechanism may be transmitted to the actuating shaft bv any suitable orconvenient mechanism.

. In the accompanyingdrawings we have illustrateda convenient form ofmechanism embodying the principles of this invention,

in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing the relativedispositions of the two reeds and the transfer member.

Figure 2 is a detailview in vertical sec-' tion showing the means formounting the movable transfer member.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same apdirectly upon the loom, and tothat end is.

mounted on the base or frame 0 whose forward end rests upon the breastbeam wfland whose rear end rests upon the transverse beam of the lay m,as shown in- Figure 7.

in socket c in said standards.

When the device is thus placed on the loom the warp threads g stillremain in the harness and in the reed a. The free ends of the warp yarnsare loosely clamped together by any suitableform of clamp a faced Withtextile fabric or other suitable material and yieldingly pressedtogether by compressing springs a The clamp is put on before the warpends are severed from the cloth already woven so as to preserve theproper order and arrangement of the warp threads. The reed a is carriedover an elevated horizontal rod'a and laid upon parallel smoothhorizontal supporting bars or tracks a which are themselves supported byupright standardsc on the base 0. The clamp a hangs As the threads aregradually withdrawn from the clamp, the latter settles to the bottom ofthe sockets 0*.

The yarntransferring member comprising the hook or needle 9 suitablysupported and; actuated, as will be hereinafter ex plained, is mountedon a standard 6 carried by the transversely movable carriage 6 so thatthe transfer membermay start at one end'of. the reed and be shifted stepby step to engage and re-reed each successive warp thread across thewidth of the loom.

The ends of the warp threads 1] being held in vertical position by meansof the cross bar a and the clamp (4 the carriage is shift-- ed to oneside in position to bring the hook needle 9 into alinement with the warpthreadsat the extreme right of the reed a. The second reed b which is toreceive the warp threads is suspended from a shiftable carrier rod 6freely supported upon rollers c (Fig. 4) carried by the standards 0mounted on the carriage e by means of depending arms 6 provided withlocking or retaining springs 6 The reed b is suspended between the rearend of the needle supporting bearing 9* and the vertical portions of thewarp threads 3 The principle of action is that the hook needle 9 ispassed through the appropriate dent of the reed b which is to receivethe first or extreme right-hand warp thread and moves backinto positionto engage said warp thread and draw it forward through said reed dent,as indicated in the diagrammatic Figures 8 and 9'. This operation isrepeated with-each successive dent and warp thread until all the threadshave'been drawn out of the clamp a and the reed 0: anddrawn through thereed b.

To efficiently and reliably perform this operation we employ means forsupporting the two reeds in proximity and with their splits lying insubstantially parallel vertical planes, and .a coordinated reciprocatingtransfermember or needle alined with a device for opening successivelythe dents of the receiving reed for the passage of the transfer memberinto position to engage the appropriate warp thread or group of warpthreads contained in the corresponding dent of the warp-containing reed,the delivery of the warp threads to the transfer member beingaccomplished by a device which acts in co-operation with the reed itselfto engage the appropriate thread or group of threads in their containingdent, and position them to engage the barb of the transfer member orneedle. The mechanism also embraces a means for feeding the carriage cwhich car ries the transfer member progressively step by step across theloom along the reeds, and to secure perfect alinement each reed issupported so as to be freely movable in the direction of its length oracross the loom. to accommodate itself to the successive position of therespective reed openers. Provision is also made for removing each warpthread from the hook after it has been drawn through the second reed,which action is effected by means of a movable stripper member workingtransversely to the path of the hook needle. The reeds are mounted ontheir respective supports so as to be easily capable of longitudinalshifting or move ments for compensating purposes as will be hereinafterexplained.

o will now explain in detail the mechanical devices or movementsillustrated in the drawings for carrying out the objects of theinvention. The old or warp-containing reed is mounted loosely on thetracks a. so as to permit the longitudinal compensating or shiftingmovement requisite to maintainthe successive dents of the reed in properalinement with the successive positions of the transfer needle g, itbeing understood that thereeditself forms an element in co-operationwith thc yarn-delivering element to position the successive warp threadsor group of threads where there is morethan one thread to the dent, tothe transfer needle. In the specific form of the invention shown.

the device for maintaining the reed in prop er relationship or positionis also employed for engaging and presenting the warp threads properlyto the transfer needle it self. This comprises a forwardlyrotat'ing camd secured'to a shaft (Z mounted in a swinging supporting bracket drivenby a horizontal transmission shaft d Fig. 3), by mitre gear connections(Z d. This cam 03 is slotted in a substantially radial direction withthe two adjacentedges slightly offset in an axial direction so that thecam cam to work its way into each successive dent of the reed tomaintain proper alinement of that dent with the transfer needle,-

but also enables the cam to engage the thread or threads contained inthe successive dent itself. The aforesaid split of the reed acts to holdthe warp thread to be seized slightly away from the face of the cam soas to be properly engaged by the hook or barb of the needle which isturned toward the cam. It will therefore be seen that the cam actsthrough each successive split of the reed to present the adjacentsegregated warp element to the needle. The shaft d is driven by a mitregear connection from the hori zontal transverse shaft (Z which is concentric with the axis of the swinging bracket or arm d? and is itselfdriven from the vertical shaft (Z by'another mitre gear connection. Inorder to prevent the weight of the cam from resting upon the reed, weprovide an adjustable stop screw d tapped into the bracket 05 inposition to engage a stop shoulder (Z formed on the bearing bracket ofthe shaft d which is carried by the standard e on the carriage Thisarrangement permits the vertical adjustment of the opener cam d inrelation to the reed a and also permits the cam to beswung up entirelyfree from the reed into inoperative position indicatedin dotted lines inFigure 1 whereit is detachably held by means of the retaining arm ordetent is which is pivotally mounted upon the carrier rodb The openercam for operating on the receiving reed acts on a similar principle sofar as concerns the positioning of the new reed, but owing to thevertical position of the reed b, there is no .need of mounting it on aswinging bracket. This opener comprises an off-set slotted cam f similarto cam d but rotated in the opposite direction to the cam' d by itssupporting horizontal shaft f which is rotated by a mitre gearconnection with vertical drive shaft 3, the bearings for which arecarried in the vertical standard or bracket 6 branching from thestandard a.

The transferring hook or member 9 is secured in a cylindrical socket orholding member 9* which is mounted to slide back-.

ward and forward in the horizontal bearing sleeve 9 carried by thebracket (2 mounted on the carriage e. The bearing sleevev g is providedwith a partly spiral cam slotg through which projects a pin or stud 9?secur'ed to the socket member or holder 9 so that as the needleapproaches its advanced position when adjacent to the cam CZ, thetransferring member whose hook up to that time has been in the verticalposition, is given a quarter turn toward the adjacent warp thread inorder to engage the same.

The warp yarn, by the complete rotation of the cam 01, which is also ayarn-positioning member. has been transferred from the left-hand side ofthe cam (Z to the righthand side, in close proximity to which the needlehook travels. By the action described, the hook and the warp threads arebrought into proper operative relationship to allow the warp thread tobe engaged by the hook. Moreover, the cam, by separating the thread orgroup of threads contained in a given dent and shifting it to the otherside of it self, prevents the hook from seizing a thread of the nextsucceeding dent.

The hook now travels back, drawing with it the yarn end through thesecond reed 6. After the hook has passed back to the front side of thereed b, a swinging stripper member 0 provided with a thin hook-likeblade at its forward end, is swung across the thread between the hookand the reed in order to disengage the yarn end from the hook so as toleave the hook free to advance into position to engage the next warpthread. I

The opener or cam f is arranged in the same vertical plane as the needle9 and acts as a spreader to open the appropriate dent in the reed Z; toallow the needle to pass through. The mounting of the reed on thetransversely shiftable carrier rod 6 allows the reed to accommodateitself perfectly to the position of the opener and of the needleincasethere is any slight variation'between the spacing or intervals ofthe dents and the step by step movements of the carriage transversely ofthe loom.

Power is applied to the actuating mechl anism by means of the handle hmounted V .eccentiucally on the wheel 71 secured to the horizontal shaft21 The pin of the handle hi passes through a slot in the lever 71 whichlever is connected with the upwardly extending slotted arm or lever h bymeans of the hub 71 In the slot in the upper arm 72. is a pin it securedto a sleeve Q12 (Fig. 2) which is rotatable upon theneedle holder but isheld against longitudinal movement with relation to the needle holder.The pin it extends through a. gnideslot 5/ formed in the bearing sleeve9.

From the shaft 2' are actuated all the other trains of mechanism foradvancing the car:

riage intermittently, actuating the devices d and f, and stripping theyarn from the hook. Toadvance the carriage, thereis secured to the baseor platform 0 a transverse rack.

bar 0 which forms one of the guides for the carr age c and also hasengagement with the pinion 1"c'arr1ed by the vertical shaft 7' mountedvin the bearing sleeve or bushing which is clamped in the bed of thecarriage by nut r*. The ratchet arm 1- carrying at its frontend a springpressed pawl r and slotted at its rear end to rest astride the shaft 11is provided with a pair of anti-frictimi rollers i which engage oppositesides of the rotating cam 11 which is fixed to the shaft 2' so as toimpart a reciprocatory movement to said ratchet arm 0. The front end ofthe arm 7 issupported and guided by an oscillatory arm or lever 2'mounted at the top of the shaft 7 above the ratchet wheel 7 To providefor the pawl engaging a greater or less number of ratchet teethateachstroke, we employ an adjustable hood or pawl stripper 7' which ismounted on the sleeve bushing r so as to be adjustable circumferentially into position adjacent to the pawl soas to keep the pawlfrom engaging any more of the ratchet teeth than is desired. Thispermits the step by step travel of the carriage to be varied accordingto the coarsenessor fineness of the reeds.

The stripper 0 is slidinglymounted in a swivelled sleeve 0 and has atits left-hand end a sleeve a engaging an eccentric pin a on the wheel awhich is compounded with the spur gear 11- meshing with the gear a. Thegear a is driven by means of a mitre gear connection 2' from the maindrive shaft i.

The actuating or driving mechanism for theopeners-or cams (Z and f isarranged as follows: On the shaft 11 is secured a disk i carrying aprojecting pin i in position to enter and engage on successiverevolutions one of a series of six radial grooves m formed in theadjacent face of the over-lap ping star wheel m so as to produceone-sixth of rotation of said wheel for each revolutionof the driveshaft 2' the wheel m remaining. stationary during the period that itisout of engagement with said actuating pin i. The star wheel m is thusheld stationary by reason of engagement of the locking segment 71 withone of the recesses m of the star wheel, said locking segment beingfixed to and concentric with the disk '5 On the shaft of the wheel m issecured a spur gear m meshing with the pinion m which transmitsintermittent rotation to the shaft m through mitre gear connections. Onthe rear end of the shaft m is secured a mitre gear m inter-meshing withmitre gear m which is secured to the vertical shaft f By means of spurgears f 03 the same intermittent rotation is transmitted to shaft 03operatingthe opener d that shaft f has in operating opener f.

The cams and other working parts are so co-ordinated that the carriage eis shifted through the ratchet 1' when the needle 9 is retracted towardthe front end of its socket and is entirely withdrawn from. thevertically hung reed Z2. At this stage the arm h.

acting upon the needle holder 9 serves to advance the needle just as thecam f is rotated into position to open the dent of the reed b in linewith the advancing needle. The cam f, being radially slotted with theadjacent edges of the slot off-set, acts to disengage the cam from onewire while engaging it with the next one, the cam being of sufficientthickness to open or widen the interstitial space or dent to allow theneedle to easily enter and pass through into position alongside the cam(Z whose movement is coordinated to shift one thread or group of threadsfrom the left to the right-hand side adjacent to the hook of the needle,as al ready described. The needle 9 is then retracted, and as it isretracted the hook is turned to vertical position still holding thethread so as to pass easily through the reed b. After being retractedclear of the reed, the stripper member or hook 0 swings across thethread and pulls it out of the hook of the needle. By reason of theirengagement with the respective wave-cams d andf, the reeds a and b willbe accurately positioned for each successive traverse of the needle.

The supplemental guide or support 9 (Fig. 6) may be located close to thereed just in advance of the shaft f which carries the opener cam f inorder to form a support for the needle in its advanced'or operativeposition. This guide member consists of a plate 9 having a key hole slot9 to allow the passage of the needle and hook when the hook is verticaland the slot is left open at the bottom to enable the warp thread to beremoved from the guide plate after the needle has been retracted untilthe hook has passed entirely clear of the guide plate.

The cams (Z and f each serve a two-fold purpose. They both serve tocorrectly correlate the reed dents with the needle at each successiveoperation and to maintain them in proper correlation while the needledoes its work by reason of the fact that said cams have an intermediaterotation as previously described. The cam al also serves through themedium of the reed which it positions as an agent in presenting the yarnto the needle. The cam 7 acts also as an expander or opener forspreading-apart the splits of each successive dent to facilitate apassage of the transfer member.

In some classes of work it may be desirable for the attendant to advancethe carriage more rapidly than the regular pace of the machine set bythe automatic mechanism. To enable this to be done, we have provided thepinion shaft r with a hand wheel t adapted to be grasped by the.operator and turned to any extent desired. This is advantageous also forsetting the carria e quickly to the proper position to begin its normal.automatic operation.

We claim as our invention:

1. The combination of means for supporting a warp-containing and spacingreed whose individual splits act to separate the individual warpelements from one another, means to support a warp-receiving reed inco-operative relationship with the firstnamed reed, a warp-selectingdevice acting in co-operation with the splits of the firstnamed reed toposition the individual warp elements successively for transfer, and atransferring device acting to engage the warp elements successively anddraw them from the first reed into the appropriate dents of the secondreed.

2. A selective mechanism for a warptransferring machine embracing, incombination, means to support a warp-containing and spacing reed,meansmounted to engage the successive splits of the reed andco-operating therewith to position the successive warp threads, and adrawing-in device whose action is correlated with said reed and to whichthe threads are presented by the thread-positioning means.

3. A re-reeding machine for transferring drawn-in warp threads from onereed to another, comprising, in combination, means for supporting a newreed; drawing-in mechanism to operate on the new reed embodying adrawing-in member and a reed-opening device alined therewith; traversingfeed mechanism; to give a relative traversing movement lengthwise of thesaid reed and between said reed and the drawing-in mechanism; means forsupporting the old reed with its splits lying in planes substantiallyparallel with the splits of the new reed; and a thread-engaging devicearranged to engage successively the threads contained in the successivedents of the. old reed; the said thread-engaging device and drawing-inmechanism being co-operatively arranged in relation to the old reed.

4:. A re-reeding machine'for transferring drawn-in warp threads from onereed to another, comprising, in combination, a support for a new orreceiving reed, a support for an old or warp-containing reed, awarptransferring member arranged to 7 pass through the successive dentsof the receiving reed and to engage and retract through said dents thethread or threads contained in the corresponding dents of thewarp-containing reed, and means engaging the warpcontaining reed tocorrectly position the threads contained in the successive dents forengagement with said transferrmember.

5. The combination of a support for a warp-containing reed, a supportfor a warpreceiving reed, means for automat cally alining said reedswith each other,'a warptransferring device, and means for automaticallyoperating said warp-transferring device to draw warp threads fromsuccessive dents of the warp-containing reed into the correspondingdents ofthe warp-receiving reed.

6. The combination of means for supporting a warp-containing reed and awarp-receiving reed for movement transversely of the 100m, atransversely movable carriage arranged'to travel intermittently alongthe reeds, reed-engaging and positioning mem bers operatively mountedupon said carriage, and a warp-transferring device also carried by saidcarriage and actuated to draw the successive warp threads from thefirst-named reed through the second reed.

7. The combination of a support for a yarn-containing reed and a supportfor a yarn-receiving reed, a reciprocating hooked needle, means foropening the dents of the warp-receiving reed in line with said needle,and means co-operating with the warpcontaining reed for selecting andbringing into engagement with said needle the succes sive warp threadscarried in the warp-containing reed. i

8. The combination of means for slidably supporting warp-containing andwarp-receiving reeds, a warp-transferring member mounted to pass betweenthe successive dents of the warp-receiving reed to engage the suc--cessive warp threads contained in the corresponding dents of the otherreed and draw them through the warp-receiving reed, means for shiftingthe warp-transferring member step by step along said reeds to operateupon successive warp threads, and compensating means for preservingproper alinement between the two reeds and the warp-transferring member.

9. In a re-reeding machine, the combination of a support for a warp reedcontaining properly drawn-in warp threads, means to hold a second warpreed in'posi tion to receive the warp threads from the first reed, acarriage adapted to traverse said reeds longitudinally, devices mountedon said carriage for alining the corresponding dents of said reeds, anda hook member also mounted on said carriage 'in co-operativerelationship to said alining devices to engage the threads containedinthe different dents of the first reed, and draw them through thecorresponding dents of the second reed.

10. The combination of a'stationary supv port on which a warp-containingreed may be mounted, means for holdlng the warp threads taut, atransferring needle, and a V rotary split cam mounted in position topass between successive dents of the reed on successive revolutions andto engage and shift an individual warp thread at each revolutionadjacent to the path of the needle, the latter being movable intoposition adjacent to-sa'id rotary-cam to engage individual warp threadsand withdraw them from said reed.

11. In a re-reeding machine, the combination with a sj'upport'on which awarpcontaining reed may be slidably-mounted, of a co-operating cammember mounted to traverse said reed longitudinally, while maintainingcontinuous engagement wit-h the successive dents thereof, said cammemher-being constructed and arranged to co act with the successivesplits of said reed to engage and present the yarn inposition to beengaged -.by a Warp-transferring member.

12. The; Combination of a support for a warp-containing reed, a car'iage shiftable along said reed, a rotary reed-engaging andyarn-engaging cam mounted upon said carriage and movable into and out ofengagement with the successive dents of said-reed, and adjusting meansby which the position of saidreed-engaging member in relation to saidreed may be varied.

13. The combination of means for slidinglysupporting a 'reed, a movableyarn transferringmember shiftable step by step along said reed, and arotary reed-engaging slotted offset cam shittable in unison with saidyarn-transferring member to open the dents of said reed and acting topreserve proper alinement between the transferring member and thesuccessive dentsof said reed, r

y 14. The combination with supports for two-reeds arranged injuxtaposition, a carriage arranged to beshifted intermittently alongsaid "reeds, a reciprocating yarn-trans ferring device mounted on saidcarriage, and rotary engaging and positioning members arranged topassbetween and spread the dents of the respective reeds also mountedon'said carriage,'one of said rotary members acting to lay successive warpthreads '-in engagement with the. transferring device. and the otherrotary member acting to open successive dents of the reed for theentrance of the transferring device.

15. The-combination of a support for a longitudinally movable reedcontaining a set of warp elements separated from one another by theindividual splits of the reed, means to support a warp-receiving reed injuxtaposition to the other reed, means for correlating theposition ofthe two reeds whereby .theircorresponding dents may be properly alinedfor the warp-transferring operation, a warp-transferring member actingto successively engage theindividual warp elements held between eachpair of splits of the first" mentioned reed, and means for retractingsaid transferring member from the dent of the first reed through thecorresponding dent of the second reed.

16. The combination with a support for a. Warp-containing and spacingreed whose splits separate and position the individual warp elements, areciprocatory hooked needle, and a selective device co-acting with thesuccessive splits of the reed to pick up in succession the individualwarp elements and lay them into engagement with the hooked needle, asupport for a second reed properly positioned in relation to said firstreed, and means for retracting the hooked needle in engagement with eachsuccessive warp element through the successive dents of the second reed.

17. In a re-reeding machine, the combination of a support for awarp-containing reed Whose splits form means for separating theindividual warp elements from one another and act to position the warpelements for the transferring operation, a support for awarpreceivingreed, a warp-transferring device for engaging the entirewarp element between each pair of splits of the first-mentioned reed andtransferring it into the corresponding dent of the second reed, andmeans for intermittentlyshifting said transferring de vice lengthwise ofsaid reeds, said shifting means being adjustable to vary the extent ofsuch shifting movement.

18. A selective device for warp-transferring embracing in itsconstruction a support for a warp-containing spacing reed, and aco-operating feed member arranged to engage the successive warp elementsin conjunction with the successive splits of said reed to position thewarp elements in orderly sequence for engagement with a drawing-indevice.

"19. A re-reeding machine for transferring warp threads from the dentsof an old reed to the corresponding dents of a new reed comprising, incombination, means to support an old reed containing the drawn-in warpelements and a new reed forreceiving said warp elements with therespective reed splits lying in substantially parallel planes, saidsupporting means permitting the free independent length-wise movement ofeach reed, a carriage arranged intermittently to travel lengthwise ofthe reeds, re-reeding and warp handling mechanism on said carriagecomprising a reed opener .for engaging and openingsuccessi'vely thedents of the new'reed-and a warp-engaging device co-operatingwith thesplit-s of the old reed to position the warp elements successively fortransfenand a transfer devicemovable throughth'e dent of the newjreedinto position, to engage'and withdraw the warp element containedin thecorresponding dent of the old reed, "and-mea'ns for'retracting saidtransferring '"device to'removesaid warp elementfrom the old reed intothe new reed.

20. In a re-reeding machine, the combinewarp elements, and actuatingmechanism by which the reed-positioning members and thewarp-transferring member are operated to transfer successive warpthreads from one reed to the other.

21. In a re-reeding machine, the combination of supports for awarp-containing reed and a warp-receiving reed, a warp-transferringmember for drawing successive warp elements from the first-reed into thesecond, and means for correlating the corresponding reed dents, thewarp-transferring member and the warp to cause the warp-transferringmember to engage each successively segregated warp element and draw itinto the appropriate dent of the receiving reedj 22. In a re-reedingmachine, the combination of means for supporting a warp-containing and awarp-receiving reed in juxtaposition to each other, a reed-positioningmechanism and a warp-transferring mechanism, means for supporting saidreed-positioning and warp-transferring mechanism in operative relationto the reeds, and means for securing a progressive relative movementbetween the reeds and the reedpositioning and warp-transferring mechanism whereby successively segregated warp elements may be transferredfrom one reed to the other.

23. In a re-reeding machine, the combination'of means for receivingandsupporting a warp-containing and a warp-receiving reed injuxtaposition to each other while permitting them to have longitudinalmovement, a carriage, reed-engaging and positioning means, awarp-transferring means mounted on said carriage, and an actuatingmechanism for intermittently shifting said carriage and intermittentlyoperating said warp positioning means.

24. A re-reeding machine having, in combination, supports for two reeds,threaddrawing mechanism, means for causing relative feed movementbetween the drawing mechanism and the reeds, and means for automaticallyadjusting the position of the reeds with reference to the drawingmechanism.

25. The combination of a support for a reed containing a sheet of warpthreads, a. reed opener engaging the splits of the reed and the sheet ofthreads, and a needle reciprocable alongside the reed opener for takingthreads engaged by said opener.

26. A re-reeding machine having, in combination, a support for awarp-containing reed, a support for a new reed, a device to opensuccessive dents of the new reed, and a needle reciprocable through theopened dents of the new reed and to and away from a position alongsidethe warp-containii1g reed, to take the contents'of each dent of saidwarp-containing reed and draw the same through the new reed.

27. A re-reeding machine having, in combination, means for supportingtwo loom reeds one of which contains a sheet of warp threads, and aneedle reciprocable through the other reed and into operative relationto the sheet of threads for drawing threads through said other reed.

28. A re-reeding machine having, in combination, means for supportingtwo loom reeds, and automatic mechanism for transferring threads fromone reed to the other.

29. A portable re-reeding machine for use in the loom, having, incombination, a base adapted to rest upon the lay and the breast beam ofthe loom, supports on the base for the old and the new reed, andmechanism 'on the base for transferring threads from the old to the newreed.

30. A portable re-reeding machine for use in the loom, having, incombination, a support adapted to be mounted on the loom, and re-reedingmechanism mounted on the support and operating between the lay and thebreast beam of the loom.

31. The combination ofa support for a warp-containing reed, means tohold distended the warp contained in the reed, a rotary member in thenature of a screw engaging the splits of the reed and the sheet of warpthreads, and a hook movable into position alongside said member to takethreads engaged by said member.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

J. FRANK MATTHEWS. EDGAR F. HATHAWAY.

